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It’s that time of year, people. Pretty soon it will be socially acceptable to watch Christmas movies (though if you ask our neighbors, who have had their Christmas lights up and on for weeks—I’m way behind). One of my favorites is A Christmas Story. If you haven’t watched it, watch it. Seriously, a classic. Remember…

(Image: Michael Ramirez) Let’s talk about clubs. Not the kind full of drunk college kids on spring break in Miami; the kind you belong to. When I was a teenager, I was president of my school’s Spanish club. (Ya sé … nerd alert!) The obvious prerequisite was pretty simple: an active interest in Spanish. What…

I’ve seen poverty abroad. I’ve seen four-year-olds running between stopped cars on an eight-lane avenue, begging for money. I’ve seen a mother with a baby strapped to her back, sitting in the hot sun selling gum for a few precious pesos a day. I’ve seen the shacks that pass for houses. I’ve seen Central American…

Note: This is a continuation of the piece I’ve written for TheBlaze, which you can find by clicking here. These are the stories in their entirety, divided just as they are in the original piece. Wayne Scholes (United Kingdom) (Courtesy of Wayne Sholes, via email) “I became a citizen of the United States of America…

Yesterday, you may recall that we discussed how all races have at one time been victims of oppression. The pages of history are positively bursting of sad examples to this end. Using Michael Eric Dyson’s explanation, since a person cannot be racist if that person is part of “the oppressed” . . . then by…

How would you—the frustrated immigrant who stood and watched millions flood in ahead of him—feel, if you petitioned your future government to complain, and you were simply told “Look, we’re doing this because frankly, both parties want and need the votes. You’ll get your turn.” Funny, because that’s exactly what Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told…

In the popular flick Marley & Me, the protagonist’s friend—a fellow journalist—is sent to Colombia for to write a piece on the drug trafficking, because he’s got a guy that can “put him next to Pablo Escobar.” Pablo Escobar, as you may know, was the infamously violent Colombian drug warlord that put his nation on the…